25 herramientas TIC para el aula de Ciencias naturales Las nuevas tecnologías te permiten mostrar a tus alumnos el universo como si viajasen en una nave espacial, recorrer el cuerpo humano a golpe de ratón o investigar en un herbario virtual con miles de especies de plantas. Tus clases no volverán a ser iguales con las 25 herramientas TIC para el aula de Ciencias naturales que recopilamos, entre las que encontrarás simuladores, aplicaciones, guías online, canales de video, experimentos y juegos interactivos para documentarse, practicar y aprender de forma visual y divertida. Descarga en PDF la Infografía “25 herramientas TIC para el aula de Ciencias naturales” Además de las herramientas y recursos específicos que ofrece aulaPlaneta, en cuyo Banco de contenidos puedes encontrar un completo atlas del Cuerpo Humano, un Atlas geográfico y político, así como innumerables imágenes y vídeos sobre el mundo natural y científico, recopilamos 25 herramientas TIC que no pueden faltar en tus clases de Ciencias naturales. 1. Anatomía humana 5. 15. 20. 23.
5 Learning Strategies That Make Students Curious 5 Learning Strategies That Make Students Curious by Terry Heick Note this post has been updated from original publishing in February of 2013 Understanding where curiosity comes from is the holy grail of education. Education, of course, is different than learning. Education implies a formal, systematic, and strategic intent to cause learning. This approach is clinical and more than a smidgeon scientific. Of course, very little about learning is scientific. An analogy might help. learning:education::true love:dating service True love may very well come from a dating service, and dating services do all they can to make it happen, but in the end—well, there’s a fair bit of hocus pocus at work behind it all. Hubris & Education Education is simultaneously the most noble and hubristic of all endeavors. In a better place. Causing this in a classroom is possible, but is as often the result of good fortune than good planning. Here, let me try. I want to show you what I can do. I want to know. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
NSDL.org - National Science Digital Library 40 Cool Science Experiments on the Web Perhaps you don't have enough class periods to do every science experiment you wish you could, or maybe your budget for beakers and baking soda is all tapped out. Maybe you just want to watch and see how it's done before you try to build a volcano with 24 fourth-graders. Whatever the reason, having students watch a science demonstration close up on the Web is the next best thing! Read on to discover 40 favorites for K-8 students chosen by the great people at the X-Ray Vision-aries blog. They may even inspire your students' next science fair projects! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. How to Choose a Science Fair Topic Help your students choose topics that will bring out their best work. An experiment can be as simple as "Why do I feel hotter when I wear the red side of my jersey instead of the white when I play soccer?"
Una tabla periódica interactiva que muestra para qué se usan los diferentes elementos Como ya sabréis, con frecuencia os hablamos acerca de diferentes proyectos relacionados con el mundo educativo. En esta ocasión nos ha parecido realmente interesante destacar una tabla periódica interactiva que muestra para qué se usan los diferentes elementos químicos y nos explica las principales características de los mismos, lo que facilita enormemente el aprendizaje de la tabla. Tal y como podéis ver en la captura de pantalla que ilustra este artículo, únicamente es necesario acceder al enlace que os indicamos más adelante para consultar la tabla periódica en formato interactivo. Su principal peculiaridad es que a medida que vamos pasando el cursor por encima de cada uno de los elementos la web nos muestra una representación gráfica de su uso y una breve explicación, por lo que su uso es realmente sencillo. A pesar de que el contenido de la web está en inglés, el uso de dibujos facilita enormemente la comprensión, por lo que el idioma no debería de ser un problema.
Curiosity Is a Unique Marker of Academic Success Curiously (pun intended), curiosity is also virtually absent from the field of gifted-and-talented education. A recent survey of required identification methods across all states found that only three considered motivation a part of giftedness. IQ, on the other hand, is required by 45 states, while 39 require standardized tests of achievement. A recent feature story in Scientific American further punctuates this point. Misleadingly titled “How to Raise a Genius,” the article summarized the results of a 45-year study of children who at age 12 scored in the top 1 percent on the SATs and were subsequently tracked and then supported. At least 95 percent of the participants experienced some type of educational acceleration as a result of their identification, and most participated in enrichment programs such as Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Talented Youth (CTY). Much to the researchers’ delight, the results confirmed their expectations. But is this really true?
Smithsonian ScienceDiversity of resident crabs is key to coral survival By John Barrat A predator crown-of-thorns sea star eats an undefended coral, leaving visible white scars of exposed coral skeleton where the tissue has been removed. (Photo by Jenna Moore) Imagine sitting down at your favorite restaurant when something under the table begins painfully pinching and snipping at your toes. This is basically how T. flavopunctata crabs in French Polynesia defend their coral hosts from the large and lethal Crown-of-Thorns sea star (Acanthaster planci). Long before a sea star can begin eating a coral, T. flavopunctata living inside the coral emerge and begin pinching the sea star’s tube-like feet, shaking them and nipping them off. When scientists removed the largest species of the guard-crabs, “Trapezia flavopunctata” (shown here), from the path of an army of predator sea stars, the effects were dramatic; corals without guard-crabs, or with other species of guard-crab, were eaten—usually overnight. A crab inside its coral home.
6 Essential Science Tools that Use Technology in the Classroom I am a Science teacher and a techie. With this admission comes the fact that I love to find novel ways to incorporate technology in the classroom into my lessons. My students have learned that whenever I find a new tool, I'll bring it in and together we'll brainstorm ways to use it to help us be more effective and engaged scientists. I know there is great variety in the resources available to Science teachers in school across the country. If you have a tight budget and need to outfit a Science classroom, here is what my students and I consider the six most important pieces of technology in the classroom for every Science teacher to use. Digital Projector (LCD or DLP) I wish we could take for granted that every Science teacher has one of these in her classroom, but I know that not every school can afford these $600+ devices. A few fun classroom activities using “The Magic Tree House” book series. A few tips on how to get a leg up from the competition, and get a teaching job... Probeware
Optics: Light, Color, and Their Uses Educator Guide Product Type: Educator GuideAudience: Educators, Informal EducationGrade Levels: K-12Publication Year: 2000Product Number: EG-2000-10-64-MSFCSubjects: Physical Science The guide contains color and light activities using lenses, prisms and mirrors to create telescopes, periscopes, microscopes and kaleidoscopes. Other activities include finding focal length and understanding reflection, refraction and diffraction. Optics Educator Guide [6MB PDF file] Library Media Lesson Plan Search Results For Kindergarten, First and Second Grade lesson plans, please go to the K, 1, 2 Core listing. Library Media - 3rd Grade Dewey Decimal Game Shelving or Finding Books Library Media - 4th Grade Dewey Decimal Game Dewey Decimal Game 2 Personal Strengths, Talents, and Goals Shelving or Finding Books Xeriscaping In Your Community Library Media - 5th Grade Dewey Decimal Game Historical Events in Utah History Learning to Love Poetry Literature Circles Shelving or Finding Books Library Media - 6th Grade Dewey Decimal Game Literature Circles Shelving or Finding Books Library Media/Information Literacy (7-12) Adult Roles and Responsibilities Copyright Quiz Dewey Decimal Game Evaluating Online Information How Do I Write an Article Critique? These materials have been produced by and for the teachers of the State of Utah.
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